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Saturday February 3rd Milton R. Owen Nature Center Are you a beginning birder, expert in avians, or somewhere in between? Then this is the program for

Lee County Conservation is gearing up for its third Building Better Birders, a four session Citizen Science workshop, on Saturday, Dec. 8 from 1:30-9:30 p.m. The event will be an

Briar Cliff University hosted a book signing, and prairie walk celebrating the release of “On Common Ground: Learning and Living in the Loess Hills” edited by Ryan Allen and Brian T. Hazlett. This guidebook is a collection of writers as they explore and reflect on the landscape of the Loess Hills.

Briar Cliff University hosted a book signing, and prairie walk celebrating the release of “On Common Ground: Learning and Living in the Loess Hills” edited by Ryan Allen and Brian T. Hazlett. This guidebook is a collection of writers as they explore and reflect on the landscape of the Loess Hills.

Experienced and aspiring birders joined birding workshops at Oneota Park Wednesday, hosted by the Clay County Conservation. Kelly McKay from BioEco Research and Monitoring Center taught participants to distinguish different birds and led several hikes to find them in their natural habitat. The Building Better Birder workshop was possible because of a grant provided by the Resource Enhancement and Protection-Conservation Education Program (REAP-CEP).

Buchanan County Conservation is proud to offer a traveling exhibit called Wolves and Wild Lands developed by the International Wolf Center. Visit the

FONTANA PARK – Birding is a hobby that can be done looking through windows at home or climbing icebergs in Antarctica. You can bird using expensive equipment or none at

Better Birders Workshop set for early June

Better Birders Workshop set for early June

Better Birders Workshop set for early June